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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
9
Monticello and area residents travel to Dubuque Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Anamosa for visits and business. Chautauqua and Jones County Fair announcements list Monticello August 24 29 and July 26 30. Eyewear service offered by Dr L G Stabler and notes of uncalled letters at Monticello post office.
Monticello residents and visitors appear in a string of social updates. Harry Magee leaves for Epworth to work in a barber shop this summer. Rev and Mrs Edward Lang of Miles Iowa visit the Langs. Pearl Heisey returns from Grinnell to study music. Eva Van Kirk visits with her brother Leonard Van Kirk. Mae Vifan from Ames returns for vacation. Fred Mastin returned from Upper Iowa University for the summer. The 1894 Club picnics at Mrs George Wilkens. William Shelley returns to Austin Minnesota after visiting Monticello friends. Several others travel, study, or host guests, with local shops and events noted.
Oxford Mirror notes Miss Errickson returned to Monticello and Miss Lane to Cascade last Saturday after completing their school work. Both will return to the city next fall for another year of teaching or schooling work.
The trial in Anamosa ended abruptly last Saturday forenoon when the court instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant. Judge Treichier left for home soon after, and he reconvened court yesterday to proceed with further proceedings.
A. Kampf of Pauls Valley Oklahoma sent two plum twig samples this morning showing abundant yields with one twig bearing over 80 plums and the other over 60.
Miss Gladys Welch a North Platte Nebraska high school teacher returns to Monticello for summer vacation. Miss Julia Mansfield of Mexico Missouri visits Miss Welch and is also a North Platte high school teacher.
Mrs Fayetta Heibold age 83 or 84 and her daughter Mrs H G Bernstein of Detroit Michigan are visiting in the home of the former's daughter Mrs A W Steiner. Mr Steiner went to Marion last evening to accompany them to Monticello.
Misses Mary Locher Florence Jer rickson Mary Coxsee Ramona French Gertrude Tuel and Messrs Gene DeWitt Gerhardt Rickels graduated from Waterloo Business College and return to Monticello with most taking new positions in Waterloo. A note promotes Eastman kodaks and supplies from N Patrick optometrist in Monnier building.
Mensrs Samuel Hay and A Danks left last Tuesday morning for a six week stay with relatives in the west. Hay will visit Oregon City while Danks goes to Eugene City and both plan California and Salt Lake City stops. Chay travels by the Northern Pacific to return via the Southern Pacific. Frank d Autremont went to Riverside Iowa to bring home his two younger daughters for the summer after witnessing his daughter Gertrude's graduation from the State Teachers College. Mr and Mrs Robert Young returned from Hettinger North Dakota where health concerns prompted his trip. asthma and related issues worsen his condition back in Monticello.
Twenty people from Mechanicsville traveled Sunday to Anamosa for a Christian Endeavor convention. A car struck a deep street ditch causing windshield damage and injuries to one girl. others escaped unharmed.
Lightning struck the barns of Henry Uhr near Langworthy last Saturday night destroying two barns a cattle shed and a tool house. One cow one hog and a bobsled burned. Uhr carried 700 insurance with Farmers Mutual of Castle Grove including 200 on one barn and 500 on the other, with excess losses estimated over 1500 beyond insurance.
A worker named Coon, employed by Hanssen at the dam near the electric light station, severely crushed his hand last Monday while adjusting a piledriver. A cable slipped, skin peeled, and eleven stitches were required. He has worked eight months as cook and general laborer and continues to cook using the uninjured hand.
Charles S. Crane, raised in Jamestown and formerly a resident of Monticello and Grandfield South Dakota, is visiting his brother in Jamestown New York as recorded in a local notice.
The Sacred Heart church held the forty hours of devotion this week with Rev. Father McCormick aided by Fathers O Donnell of Monti Hartigan of Strawberry Point Norris of Stone City and Roomey of Manchester. O Donnell opened Monday morning and Hartigan preached in the evening. Farley of Temple Hill led last evening. Mass was at 6 am with high mass at 8 am and closing benediction at 7 30 pm.
A June wedding united Misa Esther Minora Willers and George W. Tift at the Presbyterian parsonage with relatives and close friends in attendance. The couple left for their Westgate farm home by auto amid rice showers and cheers. Separately Emil Ricklefs wed Miss Lowise Olmstead in a ceremony noted for Monticello ties, with Ricklefs set for an extended eastern wedding trip and a bright future at Ricklefs & McNeil hardware and the post office.
The Tribune notes an entertaining barn dance at Jack Hogan’s country home three miles north of Chillicothe with over 100 guests and the Industrial Home orchestra. Ice cream and refreshments accompanied dancing including a lively country square dance.
Dave Franklin known as McGlade, a long-time Monticello resident, was accidentally shot last Friday afternoon at Joe Hofacre pond north of Monticello while fishing with Abe Adams. The pistol discharged after the hammer snagged on a havarsack. he was rushed to Anamosa sanitarium where doctors treated him. His condition moved from critical to improving as bullet was removed and he began resting easier.
Mrs. Rebecca J. Hofacre wife of the late Michael Hofacre died at her Monticello home last Saturday aged 78 born September 1836 in Painsville Ohio. She married May 7 1854 in Paulding Ohio and moved to Iowa then Monticello where she lived on and off the home farm before moving to town. She is survived by children Joseph M. Hofacre Olive Hosford Frank Hofacre Hoa Bartlett Anna Bost Naomi Sandhouse Jessie Pratt and grandchildren including Rebecca Best. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from the Congregational church with Rev Roy V. Porter officiating and interment at Oakwood cemetery.
The Ninth District convention of Christian Endeavor societies closes after a sermon by retiring president Rev I M Wood of Urleans on prayer. New officers elected include Paris of Cedar Rapids as president and Irwin of Davenport as vice president. Urbana wins the convention flag for best attendance and largest membership gains. Delegates from Monticello Urbana Tipton Davenport Anamosa and many others attend. Dr A K Paul of Cedar Rapids preaches a strong Sunday sermon and state workers speak.
Mrs. Andrew Lau of Green River Wyoming is expected to arrive this evening for a social visit with Mrs. James Sullivan.
Mrs. J. M. Lennell is seriously ill with hope of recovery fading as Dr. W. W. Hunter treats her in Anamosa. Mr. and Mrs. John Bohlken travel to Halstead Minnesota to be with their daughter Mrs. John Herren who suffers inflammatory rheumatism.
Mrs John Miller and children of Earlville visit Mr and Mrs Jacob Rohr as they host a birthday party at the Rohr home honoring Mrs Rohr on her 66th birth anniversary this afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Hayden suffered a severe fracture to her humerus in a runaway accident last Sunday while returning from a visit with her mother. A neckyoke loosened, frightening the team, causing her to be thrown and injure the arm near the shoulder. Dr. Stuhler attended but could not reduce the fracture without anesthesia.
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